This is the 16284th most frequent Turkish word.
yapmaktı
"Yapmaktı" means "it was to do/make" in English.
As a language teacher, 'yapmaktı' here expresses an action that occurred in the past (doing).
Bu işe başlamak gerçekten yapmaktı.
Starting this work was truly doing it.
The word 'yapmaktı' points to completing an activity as being significant or noteworthy.
Verilen görevi zamanında bitirmek yapmaktı.
Finishing the given task on time was doing it.
Here 'yapmaktı' is used to signify an action to be undertaken after another one.